Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for boogying
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The handful of cops were bopping to Michael Jackson.
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There is a bopping, rhythmic assonance to Ginsberg’s unspooling lines, more incantation than poetry.
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Enola dutifully trudges between clues and possibilities, shuffling through crime scenes and racing around shady spaces, all of this much more paint-by-numbers than connect-the-dots.
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Colombia is trying its luck from distance, but Costa has been equal to each shot, first punching away Jefferson Lerma's rocket from the right, about 25 yards out, and then shuffling his feet to his left and catching Jhon Arias's shot from about the same distance.
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Targeting inefficiencies in squid jigging Industrial squid fishing typically relies on a method known as jigging.
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My favorite way to work a Texas rig is jigging it.
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There’s no games, no shucking and jiving, everybody is really bringing their A-game.
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This prancing herd of wild mustangs can be spotted from the river, on a kayak or inner tube.
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The music video shows Rodrigo prancing around the actual Palace of Versailles, in a controversial babydoll dress singing about a boy looking like an angel on its walls.
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Tyra Banks is strutting forward with plans to revive America's Next Top Model — and Entertainment Weekly has exclusively learned that a contestant generated with artificial intelligence isn't off the table for the next cast.
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But, the West Germans looked like dogs chasing cars as the swift Algerians, smarting from the Germans’ strutting arrogance, flowed to a 2-1 upset at Gijón that brought appreciation for Algeria’s audacity and artistry.
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“Boogying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boogying. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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